Some
of you might be stressing out about getting your room ready when school
starts. Have I got a plan for
you! Take yellow caution tape and
wrap it around your door. Post a
sign for parents and students that says:
“This
room is under construction because it will be ‘home’ for all of us this school
year. It is important that the
children help me decorate it with their artwork and personalities. Please come visit us in a week and see
what we have created!”
How about some crafts your students can make to decorate the room?
Welcome
to the Neighborhood
Make
a house from construction paper for each child. Fold the paper in half vertically. Open. Fold in
the top corners to the middle.
Fold up the bottom. Let
children write their name on the front of the house. They can open the house and draw their family. You could also ask child to bring in a
photograph of their family. Add
some trees and a school and you have a great bulletin board.Class
Quilt
Class Quilt
Use
group art to create a visual representation of the “community” in your
classroom. Give each child a 9”
square and have them decorate it with pictures of themselves, drawings of their
families or favorite things, collage materials, etc. Punch holes in the corner of each square and tie together
with yarn to make a quilt to display in the classroom or hallway.
Friendship
Chain
Give
each child a strip of construction paper to decorate with their name, symbols
of favorite things, or designs.
Staple the strips together to make
a chain. Remind the children that
your classroom is just like that chain.
Everyone must work together to keep it connected and strong. Drape the chain over the doorway.
Fit
Like a Puzzle
Take
a large sheet of poster board and cut it into puzzle shapes. (You will need one puzzle piece for
each child in the room. Mark the
back of the piece with an “X” so they will know which side to decorate.) After the children have decorated their
piece, challenge them to put their pieces together to make a puzzle. Glue pieces to another sheet of poster
board to create a picture puzzle for your classroom.
